Easy Mod For The Ultra 120-X

[Ace-a-Rue]

i think i've seen a few guys cover the sides up of their air heatsinks to stop the bleed off of the fan air...now, the air is totally forced over the entire fin area and around the heatpipes...i used painters tape...it lowered my temps by about 1-2C...not a whole lot but every little bit helps.

[Spawne32]

thats an ultra 120 extreme, the ultra -x looks like this...

[IKIKUINTHENUTZ]

Yea change the title, it's misleading

[Ace-a-Rue]

fussy, fussy old duddy farts!

[Spawne32]

fussy, fussy old duddy farts!

[ChaosMinionX]

Thats a good idea Ace, I will have to try it.

[Spawne32]

Ace, im not sure if my LCD is going bad or not but im noticing alot of pink cables in those pictures, whats going on there man?

[[cTx] Nooc]

interesting, I've thought of this before

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

hmmmm, i got that the ultra 120 and i think would be an effective method on mine as directly below my heatsink i got a large passive video card heatsink which rises air directly into the cpu heatsink

will give it a go later today

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ace, im not sure if my LCD is going bad or not but im noticing alot of pink cables in those pictures, whats going on there man?

don't you know that pink has a CALMING AFFECT on you!...YOU ARE SO GREEN behind the ears!...LOL

[Spawne32]

don't you know that pink has a CALMING AFFECT on you!...YOU ARE SO GREEN behind the ears!...LOL

Impossible, i just washed behind my ears this morning!

[CERO]

Yea it seems to be a great easy mod, also u may cover the upper space between the fan and the bowed shape of the TRUE, since air escapes there to: I posted a while ago this picture 2 @ TRUE mod thread. ( sorry for the dutch, but the pictures speaks for themselfs. And nice idea using paintertape Ace-a-Rue

[Ace-a-Rue]

hey, thanks for that tip...will do it!

i like to make it easy on myself if you know what i mean!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Impossible, i just washed behind my ears this morning!

[Exal]

You have to do that to the space between the fan and the fins because alot of air bleeds out there too

[zsamz_]

i did that mod when i saw it last week in the other post
temps do drop by 2c not only for cpu more air goin out the case
now i gotta add another intake fan
i plan on puting a duct so all the air goin through the 120 will be direcly from outside the case

[evoic]

i did that mod when i saw it last week in the other post
temps do drop by 2c not only for cpu more air goin out the case
now i gotta add another intake fan
i plan on puting a duct so all the air goin through the 120 will be direcly from outside the case

Nice.

Be sure to post up pics when you finish !

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

i did that mod when i saw it last week in the other post
temps do drop by 2c not only for cpu more air goin out the case
now i gotta add another intake fan
i plan on puting a duct so all the air goin through the 120 will be direcly from outside the case

remember ducts need to have smooth corners, edges or flat surface cause air to collide and blow back a little reducing overall flow. you can see examples of this in some cases, evolution of car bodies, home heating or extractor fans etc

i am planning on doing some sort of duct but im getting a new case soon so i will have to wait

my friend used some card which he painted with several coats of superglue after it was taped into place. the card hardened and was removed and he made a fibre glass cast with the stuff you get for car body repair. after sanding then painting he did a nice job. im unsure on figures but it did improve the temperatures. he had an antec case with 2 x 80mm fans ont he front

[enz660]

remember ducts need to have smooth corners, edges or flat surface cause air to collide and blow back a little reducing overall flow. you can see examples of this in some cases, evolution of car bodies, home heating or extractor fans etc

i am planning on doing some sort of duct but im getting a new case soon so i will have to wait

my friend used some card which he painted with several coats of superglue after it was taped into place. the card hardened and was removed and he made a fibre glass cast with the stuff you get for car body repair. after sanding then painting he did a nice job. im unsure on figures but it did improve the temperatures. he had an antec case with 2 x 80mm fans ont he front

I absolutely LOVE this kind of heatsink modding! Lets see what else we can do to further improve performance! Maybe slap some small vga ramsinks on the heatpipes?

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

I absolutely LOVE this kind of heatsink modding! Lets see what else we can do to further improve performance! Maybe slap some small vga ramsinks on the heatpipes?

isnt that what everyone here is trying to do? or didnt you get that?

[cantankerous]

Very nice job Ace... I will surely do this when my heatsink arrives. This mod, with a pressure mod and MX-2 paste should, and better keep my Q6600 cool.

BTW, what are you using exactly between under your X bracket for added pressure?

As well, which fans are you using exactly on your TRUE and do you find the stock fan clips hold a 38mm thick safe and securely? If the motherboard was mounted in a case vertically would the same hold true? Thanks.

[Pntgrd]

The stock clips hold very well. Right now I have a modded 120x38 San Ace on mine. I have it mounted to a gutted 120x25 casing and then the clips hold them both to the hs. No problems so far.

[cantankerous]

awesome bud, thanks for the good news. The San Ace fans are exactly what I wanted to use on this heatsink. I was afraid having one on each side while mounted vertically in the case would cause a risk of them unlocking from the clips only to come crashing down on my 8800 ultra below. That would totally be a cok in the mouth now wouldn't it?

[Pntgrd]

I received my second set of clips yesterday from Sindwinder. I plan to put another one in a pull position after modding it to accept the clip mount. Of course with 2 of them on high I am glad my Stacker is heavy so it won't move

[cantankerous]

hehe I hear ya. My TJ09 should be just fine as well. By modding your San Ace to you mean cutting away the rib that connects the front and back mounting holes or is there another mod?

Do you happen to have anything under the X bracket for additional pressure? If so, what? I am still trying to find what the best thing to use would be.